Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Walkthrough & Strategy Guide

War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence; for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government's decision by force.
- Sgt. Zim, Starship Troopers (Heinlein, 1959)

PRIMARY | Enter the prison and locate inmate 627.

Start by sniping the enemies on the parapets and taking them down before they activate the SAMs. Don't fire too much though, as the EBR-14 you're using will be your main sniping rifle until you've entered the prison. Take pot-shots, but don't waste ammo. Once you're down on the ground, run towards the fence with the enemies to activate them, then retreat and pick them off slowly.

When enemy numbers wane, trigger more by approaching MacTavish. Retreat and resume sniping. You should have plenty of weapons to choose from after this is over.

(Above Left) Lingering at the helipad like a coward lets you live to snipe another day. Cowardice can be overcome, but being dead is a terminal condition. (Above Right) Check the windows and listen to your team's call-outs. They are surprisingly accurate since each enemies' location is tagged with a specific voice bit.

Swap the EBR-14 for something with grenades (scoped or not). You will need it for the shower room shoot-out (recreated for Modern Warfare 2 from its Modern Warfare 1 version, which was recreated from The Rock). The extra grenades will help in downing the gantry snipers.

(Above Left) The guys in the tower will spotlight enemies in the prison hallways for you. (Above Right) Take a riot shield in the armory and let Ghost and MacTavish kill everyone for you. Take your grenadier weapon once you've cleared the armory ambush.

Head into the armory and survive the ambush by using a riot shield. Kill your attackers and take-back your grenadier weapon if it's still there. Move to the next level and use night vision to see and down the enemies

(Above Left) Turning up your gamma can fix your low-light conditions as well. You do not need night vision per se. (Above Right) At the pipes, learn to fire through them or fling a grenade very well. The pipes can be pierced, but barely. Otherwise, you will have to deal with enemies when you round the corner.

Head through the dark tunnel and let the team clear the rooms (not you). They are invulnerable and react faster than you do. Unfortunately, you have to clear the maintenance area yourself, but the lights are now back on. Use a mix of grenades and gunfire to pick troops off at a distance. At this range, you should be okay with the dot/holo sights.

(Above Left) Breach into the showers and take out snipers in the upper walkway with launched impact grenades. Note that the AK-74 and M4A1 use different grenade types, but only one total will be displayed at a time on your HUD. (Above Right) Clear the ground and head to the hole into the sewers.

In the showers, use grenades on the snipers in the walkway and flashbang the troops on the ground so you have a chance to kill them. Don't forget that you can knife enemies up close if you need to. LiIke MacTavish, Roach's fruit killing skills are exceptional.

(Above Left) There are no enemies in the sewers. (Above Right) This bomb is where you hook up and flee after finding Price in the prison.

Locate the prisoner's cell, breach into it and prepare to escape. There should only be one more enemy as you try to escape, but he is often stunned from the debris and killed when more falls on him. Don't worry about it and head for the marker.

INTEL | The laptops are easy to find if you take your time. The last one is in the room where you find Captain Price. You have just enough time to grab it before the castle explodes in your face.

Before entering the prison, there are stairs going up to a control room overlooking the entry gate. Check this room for the laptop.

Inside first prison control center after entering the castle.

After the armory ambush, go to the next gate "airlock" and check the prison office (room 327). If you rappel down, you screwed yourself. Restart the checkpoint.

In Price's room. After meeting him, check to the breached hole's left for this laptop. We say left because the breached entrance should be behind Roach as you play -- not to the breached hole's right as you walk around a warzone snapping pictures with a 14.2 Megapixel digital camera you bought CostCo.